Jo Fish

Jo started blogging when the right-wingers started making utter, complete asses of themselves, which would be since around 2002 or so in their current incarnation as mind-sucking zombies.

A life-long Democrat and career DFH whose parents voted for all the Kennedys at one time or another, he still has an "RFK for President" banner in his garage from 1968.

Jo still flies airplanes for a major airline, and is proud of his safety record: his take-offs and landings are still equal in number. The cost of fuel may soon end that career, in which case he's planning to become a pan-handler or investment banker, whichever is more prestigious.

Governor Chris Christie is “handling” his 29.3 billion dollar budget cutz using his mad republican fiduciary skillz to make sure that budgets will be made on the backs of the voters who can’t make it to the $1,000 a plate dinners he’ll be throwing…

Everyone seems to be talking primaries for DINO elected officials… and why not? Those Senators and Representatives and even Presidents need to understand that accountability starts somewhere, mostly with them…

The airline industry has been caught in the post-Underpants Bomber security scare, and the bedwetters at DHS have been imposing draconian, virtually useless screening methodologies on the traveling public ruining both the industry and the public’s desire to travel at all. And it’s all in the name of Safety, right? Not so fast…

The airline industry has been caught in the post-Underpants Bomber security scare, and the bedwetters at DHS have been imposing draconian, virtually useless screening methodologies on the traveling public ruining both the industry and the public’s desire to travel at all. And it’s all in the name of Safety, right? Not so fast…

Earlier today Spencer had a pretty fine piece quoting Malcolm Nance the former SERE instructor about the techniques used at SERE school. I am a graduate of the US Navy’s SERE school, albeit from the early 80s, and the training has changed I am sure since then so I can only speak to the things I know of, anything else is conjecture.